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|''[[Now That's What I Call Music 7 (UK series)|Now 7]]'' (1986)
|'''''Now That's What I Call Music 8'''''(1986)
|'''''Now 8''''' (1986)
|''Now That's What I Call Music 9''(1987)
|''[[Now That's What I Call Music 9 (UK series)|Now 9]]'' (1987)
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'''''Now That's What I Call Music 8''''' or '''''Now 8''''' is the eighth edition of the ''Now!'' series in the United Kingdom, released in 1986. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, the fourth consecutive album of the series to do so, and stayed there for six weeks. It was released on Vinyl, audio cassette and was also the second album to be released on single CD format.
'''''Now That's What I Call Music 8''''' or '''''Now 8''''' is the eighth edition of the ''Now!'' series in the United Kingdom, released in 1986. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, the fourth consecutive album of the series to do so, and stayed there for six weeks. It was released on Vinyl, audio cassette and was also the second album to be released on single CD format.


== Contents ==
On 26 March 2021, [[Now That's What I Call Music 8 (2021 reissue)|Now 8 was reissued]].


* 1 Track listing (vinyl and cassette)
== Track listing (vinyl and cassette ==
** 1.1 Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1)
** 1.2 Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)
** 1.3 Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)
** 1.4 Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)
* 2 Track listing (CD)
* 3 Video selection
* 4 Charts
* 5 References
* 6 External links


== Track listing (vinyl and cassette)[edit] ==
=== Record/Tape 1 ===
{|
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!No.
!style="width:40%" | Artist
!style="width:60%" | Title
!Length
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!colspan="4" | Side 1 (1)
|-
|1.
|Duran Duran
|"Notorious"
|4:18
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|Pet Shop Boys
|"Suburbia"
|4:04
|-
|3.
|Run DMC vs Aerosmith
|"Walk This Way"
|3:39
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|Communards with Sarah Jane Morris
|"Don't Leave Me This Way"
|4:31
|-
|5.
|Swing Out Sister
|"Breakout"
|3:46
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|Steve Winwood
|"Higher Love"
|4:12
|-
|7.
|Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
|"(Forever) Live and Die"
|3:38
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8.
|Genesis
|"In Too Deep"
|4:56
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!colspan="4" | Side 2 (2)
|-
|1.
|Cameo
|"Word Up"
|4:20
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|Grace Jones
|"I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)"
|3:58
|-
|3.
|Mel & Kim
|"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
|3:34
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|Jermaine Stewart
|"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"
|4:53
|-
|5.
|Jaki Graham
|"Step Right Up"
|3:58
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|Janet Jackson
|"What Have You Done for Me Lately"
|5:00
|-
|7.
|The Human League
|"Human"
|3:48
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8.
|Boris Gardiner
|"I Want to Wake Up with You"
|3:58
|}


=== Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1)[edit] ===
=== Record/Tape 2  ===
{|
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!No.
!style="width:40%" | Artist
!style="width:60%" | Title
!Length
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!colspan="4" | Side 1 (3)
|-
|1.
|Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
|"Don't Give Up"
|5:47
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|The Housemartins
|"Think for a Minute"
|3:30
|-
|3.
|Madness
|"(Waiting For) The Ghost Train"
|3:45
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|Status Quo
|"In the Army Now"
|4:41
|-
|5.
|Huey Lewis and the News
|"Stuck with You"
|4:29
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|Big Country
|"One Great Thing"
|4:04
|-
|7.
|Billy Bragg
|"Greetings to the New Brunette"
|3:31
|-
|8.
|Cutting Crew
|"(I Just) Died in Your Arms"
|4:38
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!colspan="4" | Side 2 (4)
|-
|1.
|Kim Wilde
|"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
|4:15
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|It Bites
|"Calling All the Heroes"
|4:02
|-
|3.
|Doctor & The Medics with Roy Wood
|"Waterloo"
|3:25
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|Debbie Harry
|"French Kissin' in the USA"
|5:14
|-
|5.
|Robert Palmer
|"I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"
|3:44
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|Paul Hardcastle
|"The Wizard"
|3:22
|-
|7.
|Gwen Guthrie
|"(They Long to Be) Close to You"
|3:44
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8.
|Nick Berry
|"Every Loser Wins"
|3:11
|}


# Duran Duran : "Notorious"
== Track listing (CD) ==
# Pet Shop Boys : "Suburbia"
{|
# Run DMC vs Aerosmith : "Walk This Way"
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
# Communards with Sarah Jane Morris : "Don't Leave Me This Way"
!No.
# Swing Out Sister : "Breakout"
!style="width:40%" | Artist
# Steve Winwood : "Higher Love"
!style="width:60%" | Title
# Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark : "(Forever) Live and Die"
!Length
# Genesis : "In Too Deep"
|-
 
|1.
=== Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)[edit] ===
|Duran Duran
 
|"Notorious"
# Cameo : "Word Up"
|4:18
# Grace Jones : "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)"
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
# Mel & Kim : "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
|2.
# Jermaine Stewart : "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"
|Pet Shop Boys
# Jaki Graham : "Step Right Up"
|"Suburbia"
# Janet Jackson : "What Have You Done for Me Lately"
|4:04
# The Human League : "Human"
|-
# Boris Gardiner : "I Want to Wake Up with You"
|3.
 
|Run DMC vs Aerosmith
=== Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)[edit] ===
|"Walk This Way"
 
|3:39
# Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush : "Don't Give Up"
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
# The Housemartins : "Think for a Minute"
|4.
# Madness : "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train"
|Cameo
# Status Quo : "In the Army Now"
|"Word Up!"
# Huey Lewis and the News : "Stuck with You"
|4:20
# Big Country : "One Great Thing"
|-
# Billy Bragg : "Greetings to the New Brunette"
|5.
# Cutting Crew : "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"
|Grace Jones
 
|"I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)"
=== Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)[edit] ===
|3:58
 
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
# Kim Wilde : "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
|6.
# It Bites : "Calling All the Heroes"
|Mel & Kim
# Doctor & The Medics with Roy Wood: "Waterloo"
|"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
# Debbie Harry : "French Kissin' in the USA"
|3:34
# Robert Palmer : "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"
|-
# Paul Hardcastle : "The Wizard"
|7.
# Gwen Guthrie : "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
|Jaki Graham
# Nick Berry : "Every Loser Wins"
|"Step Right Up"
 
|3:58
== Track listing (CD)[edit] ==
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
 
|8.
# Duran Duran : "Notorious"
|Swing Out Sister
# Pet Shop Boys : "Suburbia"
|"Breakout"
# Run DMC vs Aerosmith : "Walk This Way"
|3:46
# Cameo : "Word Up!"
|-
# Grace Jones : "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)"
|9.
# Mel & Kim : "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
|Kim Wilde
# Jaki Graham : "Step Right Up"
|"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
# Swing Out Sister : "Breakout"
|4:15
# Kim Wilde : "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
# It Bites : "Calling All the Heroes"
|10.
# Doctor & The Medics with Roy Wood : "Waterloo"
|It Bites
# Debbie Harry : "French Kissin' in the USA"
|"Calling All the Heroes"
# Huey Lewis and the News : "Stuck with You"
|4:02
# Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush : "Don't Give Up"
|-
# Madness : "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train"
|11.
# Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark : "(Forever) Live and Die"
|Doctor & The Medics with Roy Wood
# Genesis : "In Too Deep"
|"Waterloo"
|3:25
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|12.
|Debbie Harry
|"French Kissin' in the USA"
|5:14
|-
|13.
|Huey Lewis and the News
|"Stuck with You"
|4:29
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|14.
|Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
|"Don't Give Up"
|5:47
|-
|15.
|Madness
|"(Waiting For) The Ghost Train"
|3:45
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|16.
|Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
|"(Forever) Live and Die"
|3:38
|-
|17.
|Genesis
|"In Too Deep"
|4:56
|}


== Video selection[edit] ==
== Video selection ==
A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album, one track that previously featured on the ''Now 7'' album, one track that later featured on ''Now 9'' and four which did not appear on any Now album.
A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album, one track that previously featured on the ''Now 7'' album, one track that later featured on ''Now 9'' and four which did not appear on any Now album.


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† Never appeared on any ''NOW'' album. †† Previously appeared on ''NOW 7''. ††† Later appeared on ''NOW 9''.
† Never appeared on any ''NOW'' album. †† Previously appeared on ''NOW 7''. ††† Later appeared on ''NOW 9''.


== Charts[edit] ==
== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1986-1987)
!Chart (1986-1987)

Latest revision as of 20:26, 1 May 2024

Now That's What I Call Music 8
Compilation album by various artists
NOW008UKCover.jpg
Released 24 November 1986
Label Virgin / EMI / Polygram
Series chronology
Now 7 (1986) Now 8 (1986) Now 9 (1987)

Now That's What I Call Music 8 or Now 8 is the eighth edition of the Now! series in the United Kingdom, released in 1986. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, the fourth consecutive album of the series to do so, and stayed there for six weeks. It was released on Vinyl, audio cassette and was also the second album to be released on single CD format.

On 26 March 2021, Now 8 was reissued.

Track listing (vinyl and cassette[edit source]

Record/Tape 1[edit source]

No. Artist Title Length
Side 1 (1)
1. Duran Duran "Notorious" 4:18
2. Pet Shop Boys "Suburbia" 4:04
3. Run DMC vs Aerosmith "Walk This Way" 3:39
4. Communards with Sarah Jane Morris "Don't Leave Me This Way" 4:31
5. Swing Out Sister "Breakout" 3:46
6. Steve Winwood "Higher Love" 4:12
7. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark "(Forever) Live and Die" 3:38
8. Genesis "In Too Deep" 4:56
Side 2 (2)
1. Cameo "Word Up" 4:20
2. Grace Jones "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)" 3:58
3. Mel & Kim "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" 3:34
4. Jermaine Stewart "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" 4:53
5. Jaki Graham "Step Right Up" 3:58
6. Janet Jackson "What Have You Done for Me Lately" 5:00
7. The Human League "Human" 3:48
8. Boris Gardiner "I Want to Wake Up with You" 3:58

Record/Tape 2[edit source]

No. Artist Title Length
Side 1 (3)
1. Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush "Don't Give Up" 5:47
2. The Housemartins "Think for a Minute" 3:30
3. Madness "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train" 3:45
4. Status Quo "In the Army Now" 4:41
5. Huey Lewis and the News "Stuck with You" 4:29
6. Big Country "One Great Thing" 4:04
7. Billy Bragg "Greetings to the New Brunette" 3:31
8. Cutting Crew "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" 4:38
Side 2 (4)
1. Kim Wilde "You Keep Me Hangin' On" 4:15
2. It Bites "Calling All the Heroes" 4:02
3. Doctor & The Medics with Roy Wood "Waterloo" 3:25
4. Debbie Harry "French Kissin' in the USA" 5:14
5. Robert Palmer "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" 3:44
6. Paul Hardcastle "The Wizard" 3:22
7. Gwen Guthrie "(They Long to Be) Close to You" 3:44
8. Nick Berry "Every Loser Wins" 3:11

Track listing (CD)[edit source]

No. Artist Title Length
1. Duran Duran "Notorious" 4:18
2. Pet Shop Boys "Suburbia" 4:04
3. Run DMC vs Aerosmith "Walk This Way" 3:39
4. Cameo "Word Up!" 4:20
5. Grace Jones "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)" 3:58
6. Mel & Kim "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" 3:34
7. Jaki Graham "Step Right Up" 3:58
8. Swing Out Sister "Breakout" 3:46
9. Kim Wilde "You Keep Me Hangin' On" 4:15
10. It Bites "Calling All the Heroes" 4:02
11. Doctor & The Medics with Roy Wood "Waterloo" 3:25
12. Debbie Harry "French Kissin' in the USA" 5:14
13. Huey Lewis and the News "Stuck with You" 4:29
14. Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush "Don't Give Up" 5:47
15. Madness "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train" 3:45
16. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark "(Forever) Live and Die" 3:38
17. Genesis "In Too Deep" 4:56

Video selection[edit source]

A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album, one track that previously featured on the Now 7 album, one track that later featured on Now 9 and four which did not appear on any Now album.

  1. Duran Duran : "Notorious"
  2. Pet Shop Boys : "Suburbia"
  3. Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark : "Forever Live and Die"
  4. Erasure : "Sometimes" †††
  5. The Communards : "Don't Leave Me This Way"
  6. Mel & Kim : "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
  7. Bananarama : "Venus" ††
  8. Jaki Graham : "Step Right Up"
  9. Swing Out Sister : "Breakout"
  10. The Housemartins : "Think For A Minute"
  11. Madness : "Waiting for the Ghost Train"
  12. The Damned : "Anything" †
  13. Big Country : "One Great Thing"
  14. Ultravox : "All Fall Down" †
  15. Status Quo : "In the Army Now"
  16. Glass Tiger : "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" †
  17. Frankie Goes to Hollywood : "Warriors of the Wasteland" †
  18. Kim Wilde : "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
  19. Boris Gardiner : "I Wanna Wake Up With You"

† Never appeared on any NOW album. †† Previously appeared on NOW 7. ††† Later appeared on NOW 9.

Charts[edit source]

Chart (1986-1987) Peak

position

UK Albums Chart 1
Now That's What I Call Music! UK albums

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